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habit
1[ hab-it ]
noun
- an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary:
the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.
- customary practice or use:
Daily bathing is an American habit.
- a particular practice, custom, or usage:
the habit of shaking hands.
- a dominant or regular disposition or tendency; prevailing character or quality:
She has a habit of looking at the bright side of things.
- Often the habit. addiction, especially to narcotics.
- mental character or disposition:
a habit of mind.
- characteristic bodily or physical condition.
- the characteristic form, aspect, mode of growth, etc., of an organism:
a twining habit.
- the characteristic crystalline form of a mineral.
- garb of a particular rank, profession, religious order, etc.:
a monk's habit.
- the attire worn by a rider of a saddle horse.
habit
2[ hab-it ]
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to dwell in.
verb (used without object)
- Obsolete. to dwell.
habit
/ ˈhæbɪt /
noun
- a tendency or disposition to act in a particular way
- established custom, usual practice, etc
- psychol a learned behavioural response that has become associated with a particular situation, esp one frequently repeated
- mental disposition or attitude
a good working habit of mind
- a practice or substance to which a person is addicted
drink has become a habit with him
- the state of being dependent on something, esp a drug
- botany zoology the method of growth, type of existence, behaviour, or general appearance of a plant or animal
a burrowing habit
a climbing habit
- the customary apparel of a particular occupation, rank, etc, now esp the costume of a nun or monk
- Also calledriding habit a woman's riding dress
- crystallog short for crystal habit
habit
/ hăb′ĭt /
- The characteristic shape of a crystal, such as the cubic habit that is characteristic of pyrite.
- The characteristic manner of growth of a plant. For example, grape plants and ivy display a vining habit.
Word History and Origins
Origin of habit1
Word History and Origins
Origin of habit1
Idioms and Phrases
- old habits die hard. old habits die hard.
More idioms and phrases containing habit
see kick a habit .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“There were a few things that didn’t go the way I wanted today. I sort of reverted to some bad habits,” Sasaki said through an interpreter.
When Harris first stepped out as the nominee, she was all jauntiness and humor/quick wit/cheek, but she then sank back into the party’s old habits.
"There was a lot of self-doubt. I have a nasty habit of criticising myself heavily, so to speak, so that pressure made me think about leaving."
"Detoxing can help break that habit because it stops you just engaging in it and anything that breaks the habit, anything that stops the pattern is really, really helpful," he said.
They just need to be more widely adopted: “The key is ongoing education and awareness, forming good habits, reaching both residents and visitors to bear country.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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